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Mimblewimble is a blockchain protocol created to improve privacy, fungibility, and scalability of blockchains.

It was published[1] on July 19, 2016 under the pseudonym "Tom Elvis Jedusor" which is the French name of Voldemort from [[Harry Potter]].[citation needed]

The Mimblewimble protocol uses blinding factors of balancing inputs and outputs in a commitment scheme as private keys. Sender and receiver must interact to construct a joint signature to authorize a transfer of funds. Blocks in Mimblewimble have all their constituent transactions aggregated into one giant transaction, erasing the original transaction boundaries. The initial block download further benefits from cut-through, in which all spent outputs cancel against corresponding inputs, erasing most of the blockchain history.[2]

A provable security analysis for Mimblewimble is provided by Georg Fuchsbauer et al.[3]

The protocol powers several decentralized privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies.[4]

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Category:Application layer protocols Category:Cryptocurrencies Category:Digital currencies